Safeguarding context · Local authority
Plymouth: the safeguarding context
- 104 schools and colleges
- England
- Plymouth Safeguarding Children Partnership
Evidence of the local risks around every school and college in Plymouth, ready for your policy, your staff and your inspector.
What children's services, the health service and the police record across Plymouth, the local safeguarding arrangements, and the 104 open schools and colleges in the Department for Education register for Plymouth, England. Everything here describes the area. None of it rates a school or college.
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First finding · Harm and risk outside the home (ROTH) across Plymouth
Across Plymouth, children's social care recorded going missing and sexual abuse by another child in a higher share of assessments than across England.
This describes what social workers record for the whole authority, never a school, a college or any child, and a higher share can reflect better identification as easily as more harm.
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Local safeguarding arrangements
Plymouth is covered by Plymouth Safeguarding Children Partnership.
- Report a concern about a childplymouth.gov.uk
- Plymouth threshold document (continuum of need)plymouthscb.co.uk
- Request early help in Plymouthplymouthscb.co.uk
- Allegations against staff: the Plymouth designated officer (LADO)plymouthscb.co.uk
- Prevent referral route in Plymouthplymouth.gov.uk
- Family hubs in Plymouthplymouth.gov.uk
- The partnership's procedures, guidance and trainingplymouthscb.co.uk
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Links checked 1 November 2026.
What is recorded across Plymouth
Published figures for the whole authority, or the police force area it sits in, beside the national figure named in each table where one is published. Counts below three are shown as fewer than 3.
What children's services record, year to 31 March 2025, the latest year published
Children in need, child protection plans and the factors social workers identified at assessment across Plymouth. The whole authority, never a school, college or setting.
| Measure | Plymouth | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in need at 31 March | 384.9 per 10,000 children (2,006 children) | 330.3 | Higher |
| Children on child protection plans at 31 March | 69.3 per 10,000 children (361 children) | 40.6 | Higher |
| Child criminal exploitation | 2.5% of assessments | 3.2% | Lower |
| Child sexual exploitation | 1.9% of assessments | 2.4% | Lower |
| Gangs | 0.5% of assessments | 1.7% | Lower |
| Going missing | 4.5% of assessments | 3.3% | Higher |
| Trafficking | not published | 0.4% | Not compared |
| Sexual abuse by another child | 4.9% of assessments | 2.5% | Higher |
| Physical abuse by another child | 2.2% of assessments | 3% | Lower |
| Domestic abuse, the child as victim | 13.6% of assessments | 11.3% | Higher |
| Domestic abuse, a parent or carer as victim | 37.5% of assessments | 31.7% | Higher |
| Self-harm | 5.5% of assessments | 5% | Higher |
| The child's mental health | 19.3% of assessments | 17.6% | Similar |
| Drug misuse by the child | 6.3% of assessments | 4.8% | Higher |
| Alcohol misuse by the child | 2.6% of assessments | 2.1% | Higher |
| Socially unacceptable behaviour | 9% of assessments | 7% | Higher |
| Neglect | 28.6% of assessments | 17.6% | Higher |
| Emotional abuse | 34.2% of assessments | 19% | Higher |
Department for Education, Children in need, reporting year 2025.
Young people's health and youth justice
Published figures for Plymouth against England; higher or lower is the publisher's own significance test.
| Measure | Period | Plymouth | England | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions for self-harm, ages 10 to 24 | 2023/24 | 282.3 per 100,000, age-standardised | 266.6 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for violence, including sexual violence, all ages | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 18.7 per 100,000, age-standardised | 31.9 | Lower |
| First-time entrants to the youth justice system, ages 10 to 17 | 2025 | 107.4 per 100,000 aged 10 to 17 | 127.1 | Similar |
| Hospital admissions for substance misuse, ages 15 to 24 | 2022/23 - 24/25 | 24.3 per 100,000, age-standardised | 39 | Lower |
| Hospital admissions for alcohol-specific conditions, under 18 | 2021/22 - 23/24 | 29 per 100,000 under 18 | 22.6 | Similar |
| 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training, or not known | 2025/26 | 6.6% of 16 and 17 year olds | 5.8% | Higher |
| Children under 16 in relative low income families | 2024/25 | 20.7% of children under 16 | 19.8% | Higher |
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, Fingertips public health profiles.
Domestic abuse, year ending March 2025, the latest year published
Police-recorded domestic abuse and MARAC cases for the Devon and Cornwall police force area, the force area the authority sits in.
| Measure | Devon and Cornwall | England and Wales | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes recorded by the police | 21.5 per 1,000 people | 21.8 | Similar |
| Domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police | 13.5 per 1,000 people | 13.2 | Similar |
| Cases discussed at multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs) | 27 per 10,000 adult women | 50.2 | Lower |
Office for National Statistics, Domestic abuse in England and Wales data tool.
Each school's or college's report sets these figures out chapter by chapter, beside the picture around its own site, and writes what they mean into the policy, the staff briefing and the report to governors, trustees or the proprietor.
Questions about safeguarding in Plymouth
Which safeguarding partnership covers Plymouth?
Plymouth is covered by Plymouth Safeguarding Children Partnership. Its procedures, threshold guidance and training are published at https://plymouthscb.co.uk/.
How do I report a concern about a child in Plymouth?
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999. Otherwise the council's page for reporting a concern about a child is https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/worried-about-child. Staff in a school or college should follow their own procedure and tell the designated safeguarding lead.
What do children's services record about harm and risk outside the home (ROTH) in Plymouth?
Across Plymouth, children's social care recorded going missing and sexual abuse by another child in a higher share of assessments than across England. These figures describe the whole authority, never any school, college or child, and a higher share can reflect better identification as easily as more harm.
Schools and colleges in Plymouth
Each page describes the context around that school or college: the local arrangements, the places children and young people pass and gather, and the neighbourhood around each site. Open a page to order its report.
Nursery schools (2)
Primary (69)
- Austin Farm Academy
- Beechwood Primary Academy
- Boringdon Primary School
- Chaddlewood Primary School
- College Road Primary School
- Compton CofE Primary School
- Drake Primary Academy
- Eggbuckland Vale Primary School
- Elburton Primary School
- Ernesettle Community School
- Ford Primary School
- Glen Park Primary School
- Goosewell Primary Academy
- High Street Primary Academy
- High View School
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
- Hooe Primary Academy
- Hyde Park Infants' School
- Hyde Park Junior School
- Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School
- Knowle Primary School
- Laira Green Primary School
- Leigham Primary School
- Lipson Vale Primary School
- Manadon Vale Primary School
- Marine Academy Primary
- Marlborough Primary Academy
- Mary Dean's CofE Primary School and Nursery
- Mayflower Academy
- Montpelier Primary School
- Morice Town Primary Academy
- Morley Meadow Primary School
- Mount Street Primary School
- Mount Wise Community Primary School
- Oakwood Primary Academy
- Oreston Community Academy
- Pennycross Primary School
- Pilgrim Primary Academy
- Plaistow Hill Primary and Nursery School
- Plympton St Maurice Primary School
- Pomphlett Primary School
- Prince Rock Primary School
- Riverside Community Primary School
- Salisbury Road Primary School
- Shakespeare Primary School
- St Andrew's Cof E VA Primary School
- St Budeaux CofE Primary Academy
- St Edward's CofE Primary School
- St George's CofE Primary Academy
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School
- St Mary's Priory Junior School
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy
- St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School
- St Peter's CofE Primary School
- St Peter's RC Primary School
- Stoke Damerel Primary Academy
- Stuart Road Primary Academy
- The Cathedral School of St Mary
- Thornbury Primary School
- Tor Bridge Primary School
- Victoria Road Primary
- Weston Mill Community Primary Academy
- Whitleigh Community Primary School
- Widewell Primary Academy
- Widey Court Primary School
- Woodfield Primary School
- Woodford Primary School
- Yealmpstone Farm Primary School
Secondary (19)
- All Saints Church of England Academy
- Coombe Dean School
- Devonport High School for Boys
- Devonport High School for Girls
- Eggbuckland Community College
- Hele's School
- Lipson Co-operative Academy
- Marine Academy Plymouth
- Millbay Academy
- Notre Dame RC School
- Plymouth High School for Girls
- Plympton Academy
- Plymstock School
- Scott Medical and Healthcare College
- Sir John Hunt Community Sports College
- St Boniface's RC College
- Stoke Damerel Community College
- Tor Bridge High
- UTC Plymouth
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
Other schools and colleges (13)
Colleges with a campus in Plymouth
College campuses in Plymouth, whichever authority their college is registered in. Each campus page reads the context against Plymouth, where the campus is.
Nurseries, pre-schools and clubs in Plymouth
89 registered nurseries, pre-schools and out-of-school clubs on non-domestic premises in Plymouth have their own pages, each describing the safeguarding context around the setting and the same authority figures as above. See every setting in Plymouth.